Tinder宣布将在未来几个月内要求所有美国新用户进行面部识别验证。此前，加州新用户自今年7月起已需完成此验证。哥伦比亚、加拿大、澳大利亚、印度及东南亚多国用户也必须进行。Match Group确认此要求将扩展至美国其他地区。用户需在App内拍摄视频自拍以核实身份，获得“照片验证”徽章。视频自拍审查后删除，面部地图和向量加密存储，用于新照片验证和检测欺诈或多个账户。据称，此措施使潜在恶意行为者曝光率下降超过60%，不良行为举报减少超过40%。Face Check是Tinder多年验证方法的最新进展，包括2021年照片验证、2023年视频验证和去年的身份证验证。随着英国通过年龄验证法，美国多州也跟进，专家预测这或将改变在线生活的方方面面。

🔍 Tinder将要求美国所有新用户在未来几个月内进行面部识别验证，此前加州用户自今年7月起已实施，哥伦比亚、加拿大、澳大利亚、印度及东南亚多国用户也需完成。Match Group确认此要求将扩展至美国其他地区。

📹 用户需在App内拍摄视频自拍以完成名为Face Check的验证，确保本人并匹配头像，系统还会扫描是否同一面孔用于多个账号。验证通过后可获得“照片验证”徽章，视频自拍审查后删除，面部数据加密存储用于后续验证和防欺诈。

🛡️ Tinder称，此措施使潜在恶意行为者曝光率下降超过60%，不良行为举报减少超过40%。这是Tinder多年验证方法的最新进展，包括2021年照片验证、2023年视频验证和去年的身份证验证，旨在应对 dating app持续存在的安全挑战。

🌍 随着英国通过年龄验证法，美国多州也跟进，专家预测这或将改变在线生活的方方面面。Match Group计划将此功能推广至全球新用户（合法范围内），并应用于2026年其他App，强调这是‘建设信任、支持健康社区’的举措，并视其为‘让Tinder成为最佳安全社交平台’的更广泛努力的开端。

⚖️ 此政策背景包括今年早前对Match Group的调查，指控其未有效封禁有害用户或通知执法部门；今年9月，两名美国参议员致信Tinder CEO Spencer Rascoff，敦促其打击App上的浪漫诈骗者。

Tinder announced today that identity verification with facial recognition will now be required for all new users in the U.S. in the coming months.

A facial scan is already required for new Tinder users in California as of July this year. New users in Colombia, Canada, Australia, India, and several countries across Southeast Asia must also complete one according to the dating app's press release. Match Group, Tinder's parent company and dating app conglomerate, confirmed to Mashable that this requirement is rolling out to the rest of the U.S.

To complete the verification, called Face Check, users must take a video of themselves within the app. This is to ensure the person is real and their face matches their profile photos. It also scans whether the same face is used in multiple profiles. If verified, users receive a Photo Verified badge.

Video selfies are apparently deleted shortly after review, while one's face map and vector are encrypted and stored to verify new photos and detect fraud or multiple accounts.

Tinder has apparently seen an over 60 percent decrease in exposure to potential bad actors, including spam, scam, and fake accounts. (This figure is based on a random weighted sample of in-app profile views.) Early use of Face Check has also led to a more than 40 percent decrease in reports of bad actors.

Face Check is the next evolution of verification methods Tinder has introduced over the years, including photo verification in 2021, video verification in 2023, and ID checks last year.

Safety has been an ongoing, multi-pronged issue on dating apps. Earlier this year, an investigation into Match Group reported that it didn't take measures to properly ban harmful users nor alert law enforcement.

In September, two U.S. senators penned a letter to Tinder and Match Group's CEO, Spencer Rascoff, to urge him to take action against romance scammers on the apps.

Rascoff stated in the press release that Face Check reflects the company's "deepening commitment to responsible innovation that builds trust and supports a healthy, growing community."

"It's just the beginning of a broader effort to make Tinder the best and safest way to meet new people," Rascoff continued.

The widespread adoption of Face Check also comes months after the UK passed its age-verification law, compelling dating apps to install age checks. Age-verification laws are also sweeping the U.S., in an apparent effort to keep minors off of explicit sites. But experts predict they could fundamentally change our online lives beyond adult content. As evidenced by platforms like Spotify and YouTube, we may be required to submit more of our personal data to verify our age and use these services, despite them being "safe for work."

Match Group plans to roll this out to new Tinder users globally (where legally permitted), as well as to additional apps in 2026.